Julia Bock

AIPS Book Prize 2026

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Congratulations to both Dr. Nathan Tabor (Associate Professor, Western Michigan University) and Dr. Ilyas Chattha (Professor, LUMS) for receiving the 2026 AIPS Book Prize! This year, the AIPS Book Prize Committee selected two books for the annual award. Please see the committee’s comments below: City of Lyrics: Ordinary Poets and Islamicate Popular Culture in Early … Read more

Travel Grant Deadline

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Are you an AIPS member who is presenting at an upcoming conference? Check out AIPS’s Travel Grants! The next deadline to apply is June 15. AIPS Travel Grants fund travel to scholarly conferences for the presentation of papers or organization of panels on topics relevant to Pakistan Studies. *Please review the “Travel Grants” tab in … Read more

AIPS Pakistan Academic Event

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AIPS Pakistan collaborated with the Pakistan Academy of Letters, Islamabad to host an event titled “Pakistan’s Heritage and Cultural Conservation: Challenges, Strategies, and the Way Forward” on May 4, 2026. The event significantly enriched Pakistan Studies by expanding its focus beyond political narratives to include culture as a core analytical lens, while fostering interdisciplinary dialogue … Read more

MOU with Government Sadiq College Women University Bahawalpur

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AIPS signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Government Sadiq College Women University Bahawalpur on March 25, 2026. Present at the signing were Dr. Aalia Sohail Khan (AIPS Pakistan Director), Prof. Dr. Shazia Anjum (Vice Chancellor, Government Sadiq College Women University Bahawalpur), and Prof. Mussarat Azhar (Director of External Linkages).